48 You yourselves admit, then, that you approve of what your ancestors did; they murdered the prophets, and you build their tombs.
49 For this reason the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and messengers; they will kill some of them and persecute others.’
50 So the people of this time will be punished for the murder of all the prophets killed since the creation of the world,
51 from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the Holy Place. Yes, I tell you, the people of this time will be punished for them all!
52 “How terrible for you teachers of the Law! You have kept the key that opens the door to the house of knowledge; you yourselves will not go in, and you stop those who are trying to go in!”
53 When Jesus left that place, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to criticize him bitterly and ask him questions about many things,
54 trying to lay traps for him and catch him saying something wrong.